Growing Threat of Tropical Cyclone Disasters in Inland Areas of East China
Abstract Tropical cyclones (TCs) pose a substantial threat to human life and property, with China being among the most affected countries. In this study, a significant increasing trend is detected for TC destructiveness, primarily measured by precipitation, and for TC‐induced damage, measured by dir...
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| description | Abstract Tropical cyclones (TCs) pose a substantial threat to human life and property, with China being among the most affected countries. In this study, a significant increasing trend is detected for TC destructiveness, primarily measured by precipitation, and for TC‐induced damage, measured by direct economic losses (DELs), in the inland areas of East China. In contrast, a similar trend cannot be observed in the coastal regions. The rapid increase of TC‐induced damage in the inland areas of East China is directly related to an increase of the annual number of disastrous TCs, which is a result of the increased TC landfall frequency and the increased TC decay timescale after landfall. The increase in specific humidity, soil moisture, and the decrease in vertical wind shear in East China favor the survival of TCs inland. Our results highlight the significance of TC disaster prevention in the inland regions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b6e817f1f2c34ce493073cff083d1cce2025-08-20T03:25:55ZengWileyGeophysical Research Letters0094-82761944-80072024-12-015123n/an/a10.1029/2024GL111877Growing Threat of Tropical Cyclone Disasters in Inland Areas of East ChinaFeng Yan0Kaiyue Shan1Haikun Zhao2Xiping Yu3Department of Hydraulic Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing ChinaDepartment of Hydraulic Engineering Tsinghua University Beijing ChinaKey Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster Ministry of Education Joint International Research Laboratory of Climate and Environment Change, Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disaster Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology Nanjing ChinaDepartment of Ocean Science and Engineering Southern University of Science and Technology Shenzhen ChinaAbstract Tropical cyclones (TCs) pose a substantial threat to human life and property, with China being among the most affected countries. In this study, a significant increasing trend is detected for TC destructiveness, primarily measured by precipitation, and for TC‐induced damage, measured by direct economic losses (DELs), in the inland areas of East China. In contrast, a similar trend cannot be observed in the coastal regions. The rapid increase of TC‐induced damage in the inland areas of East China is directly related to an increase of the annual number of disastrous TCs, which is a result of the increased TC landfall frequency and the increased TC decay timescale after landfall. The increase in specific humidity, soil moisture, and the decrease in vertical wind shear in East China favor the survival of TCs inland. Our results highlight the significance of TC disaster prevention in the inland regions.https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL111877tropical cyclone disastersinland areadirect economic lossesdestructiveness of tropical cycloneclimate impact |
| spellingShingle | Feng Yan Kaiyue Shan Haikun Zhao Xiping Yu Growing Threat of Tropical Cyclone Disasters in Inland Areas of East China Geophysical Research Letters tropical cyclone disasters inland area direct economic losses destructiveness of tropical cyclone climate impact |
| title | Growing Threat of Tropical Cyclone Disasters in Inland Areas of East China |
| title_full | Growing Threat of Tropical Cyclone Disasters in Inland Areas of East China |
| title_fullStr | Growing Threat of Tropical Cyclone Disasters in Inland Areas of East China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Growing Threat of Tropical Cyclone Disasters in Inland Areas of East China |
| title_short | Growing Threat of Tropical Cyclone Disasters in Inland Areas of East China |
| title_sort | growing threat of tropical cyclone disasters in inland areas of east china |
| topic | tropical cyclone disasters inland area direct economic losses destructiveness of tropical cyclone climate impact |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL111877 |
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